Insight - In Disaster`s Wake, BP Doubles Down On Deep Water Despite Surging Shale

Gulf of Mexico - About 300 BP workers commute 150 miles here by helicopter, from the Louisiana coast to a deep-sea drilling platform that can produce more oil in a day than a West Texas rig can pump in a year. On the deck of Thunder Horse, they work two-week shifts, drink seawater from a desalination plant, and eat ribs and chicken ferried in by boat. On the ocean floor, robots provide remote eyes and arms as drills extract up to 265,000 barrels per day. This is just one of the four Gulf of Mexico platforms on which BP has staked its future in U.S. oil production.

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